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The Sound of Italian-American Cultural Philanthropy

(15 09 2008) Joey Skee

What happens when a PBS station targets Italian Americans as donors?

Italian Metal Gets Religion

(26 08 2008) Laura E. Ruberto

An Italian monk hears Metallica and turns the mystical and divine into heavy metal.

A Sicilian named George Wallington

(24 08 2008) Joey Skee

Jazz pianist Giacinto Figlia aka George Wallington was at the founding of be-bop. Then he disappeared. Now Anthony Scotto’s resurrects his life and music.

Youth Masses, Black Skin, and Italian Beat Music

(30 07 2008) Laura E. Ruberto

A look at the Italian youth masses of the 1960s, beat music, and una ragazza from New Orleans.

“O’ Giglio e Paradiso”: An Italian-American Musical Classic

(09 07 2008) Joey Skee

What the Brooklyn giglio feast and an obscure musician might tell us about Italian-American culture.

Linking the Diaspora Musically

(23 06 2008) Joey Skee

Hip hop is contributing to an expanding Italian diasporic consciousness, one that offers possibilities for an anti-racist politic.

"C'è la luna": Anatomy of an Italian-American "Folk" Song

(14 06 2008) Joey Skee

An Italian-American standard turns out to have a convoluted history that belies the simplistic label “folk song.”

Diesel + Music = Love

(20 05 2008) Marisa Iallonardo

It might be hard to find the perfect fitting pair of Diesel jeans, but their music campaign makes it easy to find great new music, by largely unknown bands.

"Jersey Boys": Recreating A Lost Era in the Life of the American Working Class

(25 03 2008) Joey Skee

Fordham University history professor Mark Naison recently emailed his thoughts on the Broadway musical "Jersey Boys" and has allowed me to post them here verbatim.

Luciano Chessa’s Musical Inventions

(11 02 2008) Laura E. Ruberto

Sardinia, San Francisco, the traditional, the avant-garde: everything finds a home in Luciano Chessa's music.

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